marceo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. See also murcus, ἀμόργη (amórgē), and Lithuanian markýti (“to macerate, to ret”).

Pronunciation

Verb

marceō (present infinitive marcēre, perfect active marcuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to wither, droop, shrink, shrivel
  2. to be faint, weak, lazy or languid

Conjugation
   Conjugation of marceō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present marceō marcēs marcet marcēmus marcētis marcent
imperfect marcēbam marcēbās marcēbat marcēbāmus marcēbātis marcēbant
future marcēbō marcēbis marcēbit marcēbimus marcēbitis marcēbunt
perfect marcuī marcuistī marcuit marcuimus marcuistis marcuērunt,
marcuēre
pluperfect marcueram marcuerās marcuerat marcuerāmus marcuerātis marcuerant
future perfect marcuerō marcueris marcuerit marcuerimus marcueritis marcuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present marceam marceās marceat marceāmus marceātis marceant
imperfect marcērem marcērēs marcēret marcērēmus marcērētis marcērent
perfect marcuerim marcuerīs marcuerit marcuerīmus marcuerītis marcuerint
pluperfect marcuissem marcuissēs marcuisset marcuissēmus marcuissētis marcuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — marcē — — marcēte —
future — marcētō marcētō — marcētōte marcentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives marcēre marcuisse — — — —
participles marcēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
marcendī marcendō marcendum marcendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

Reflexes of the late variant marcīre:

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: marzì, marcì, merzì, mercì
    • Italian: marcire
    • Neapolitan: marcì
    • Sicilian: marciri
  • North Italian:
    • Emilian: marzîr
    • Ladin: marcir (Fassano)
    • Ligurian: marçî
    • Lombard: marscì
    • Piedmontese: marcé
    • Romagnol: marẓir
    • Venetian: marsir
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old Catalan: marcir
    • Old French: marcir
      • Middle French: marcir
      • Old Lorrain: mercir, maircir
    • Old Occitan: marçar, *marcir
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Vulgar Latin: *marcītus
      • Mozarabic: *marčíto
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: martzire
      Campidanese: marcire, marciri
      Logudorese: maltzire, martzire
      Nuorese: martzire

References
  • “marceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “marceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • marceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “marceo”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, pages 386–387
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